The Crawfish Boxes · Oct 9, 2020
Why We Won.
Photo by Harry How/Getty ImagesThe baseball world is apoplectic. They are having a collective aneurysm. The EVIL EMPIRE is returning for their fourth straight ALCS.
Here were some of the reactions:
EPSN—”How angry should you be.”
Baseball Prospectus—”The Astros are still heels, just the extremely whiny kind.”
The Ringer—”Dammit, the Astros are really going to do this, aren’t they.”
Yes they are. After struggling through the regular season, hampered by crushing injuries and slumps by every core player, the Astros have risen from the grave to their fourth straight ALCS appearance.
How did they go from sub-.500 in the regular season to a 2020 playoff powerhouse?
1. The resurrection of the core.